Fund to invest a total of €360,000 in latest funding of financing
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a total of €360,000 in funding for 14 international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for 11 projects and distribution grants for three films.
The 14 independent projects hail from Argentina, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Republic of Belarus, Rwanda, Senegal and Thailand.
The production funding recipients include Demba by Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia, whose feature debut Nafi’s Father won the best first feature prize Locarno in...
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a total of €360,000 in funding for 14 international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for 11 projects and distribution grants for three films.
The 14 independent projects hail from Argentina, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Republic of Belarus, Rwanda, Senegal and Thailand.
The production funding recipients include Demba by Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia, whose feature debut Nafi’s Father won the best first feature prize Locarno in...
- 11/24/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The Mother of all Lies, a docu-drama film that probes the secrets of Morocco’s 1981 Bread Riots, was Sunday named the best picture at the Sydney Film Festival.
The jury, headed by Anurag Kashyap, called the Asmae El Moudir-directed film “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” It presented the A$60,000 cash prize film ahead at the State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The film, which uses doll-like figurines, recently premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it earned the section’s best director prize. “Juxtaposing evidence from barely existent public materials with private family memory, this film reconstructs the history of the state, the family and the individual, in three distinct levels,” said the jury of Kashyap, actor Mia Wasikowska (Australia), film curator and journalist Dorothee Wenner (Germany), writer and director Larissa Behrendt (Australia) and filmmaker Visakesa Chandrasekaram (Australia – Sri...
The jury, headed by Anurag Kashyap, called the Asmae El Moudir-directed film “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” It presented the A$60,000 cash prize film ahead at the State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
The film, which uses doll-like figurines, recently premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where it earned the section’s best director prize. “Juxtaposing evidence from barely existent public materials with private family memory, this film reconstructs the history of the state, the family and the individual, in three distinct levels,” said the jury of Kashyap, actor Mia Wasikowska (Australia), film curator and journalist Dorothee Wenner (Germany), writer and director Larissa Behrendt (Australia) and filmmaker Visakesa Chandrasekaram (Australia – Sri...
- 6/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Women Wolves
Netflix is to launch a new Japanese reality show “Is She the Wolf?” which was developed with broadcaster Abema and adapted from the original show “Who Is the Wolf” which previously ran for 13 seasons. The show follows five men and five women on a quest for love through dates and a group project. However, some female participants are “lying wolves” who cannot fall in love. They must navigate the entire season without being discovered or accepting any declarations of love. It includes a diverse group of participants aged 22 to 32, including actors, artists, models, and athletes.
“Is She the Wolf?” streams exclusively on Netflix in Japan beginning June 11, with new episodes streaming each Sunday. Outside Japan, all episodes will be released on Netflix in September 2023.
A trailer can be seen here:
Jury Duty
Indian multihyphenate Anurag Kashyap will head the main competition jury at the Sydney Film Festival, which...
Netflix is to launch a new Japanese reality show “Is She the Wolf?” which was developed with broadcaster Abema and adapted from the original show “Who Is the Wolf” which previously ran for 13 seasons. The show follows five men and five women on a quest for love through dates and a group project. However, some female participants are “lying wolves” who cannot fall in love. They must navigate the entire season without being discovered or accepting any declarations of love. It includes a diverse group of participants aged 22 to 32, including actors, artists, models, and athletes.
“Is She the Wolf?” streams exclusively on Netflix in Japan beginning June 11, with new episodes streaming each Sunday. Outside Japan, all episodes will be released on Netflix in September 2023.
A trailer can be seen here:
Jury Duty
Indian multihyphenate Anurag Kashyap will head the main competition jury at the Sydney Film Festival, which...
- 6/2/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Four previously backed films are screening at Venice this year.
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a combined €344,000 in finance to seven international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for six projects from Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Colombia. The fund has also recommened providing distribution funding for the August 25 German release of Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty.
The Berlinale’s funding initiative was set up in 2004 to help diversify German cinema and support projects from areas of the world with less filmmaking infrastructure.
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) is to provide a combined €344,000 in finance to seven international projects.
In its latest funding round, the Wcf has recommended production funding for six projects from Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Colombia. The fund has also recommened providing distribution funding for the August 25 German release of Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty.
The Berlinale’s funding initiative was set up in 2004 to help diversify German cinema and support projects from areas of the world with less filmmaking infrastructure.
- 8/16/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Funding sees a 50% boost on previous round to support projects “in times of crisis”.
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €592,000 to 12 projects in its latest funding round.
The level of funding allocated is up nearly 50% on the previous round in July. Organisers said it intended to “support independent cinema even more strongly in times of crisis”.
Projects receiving support hail from Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Senegal and Turkey.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Melisa Önel (Aniden), Nelson Makengo (Rising Up At Night), Edwin,...
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €592,000 to 12 projects in its latest funding round.
The level of funding allocated is up nearly 50% on the previous round in July. Organisers said it intended to “support independent cinema even more strongly in times of crisis”.
Projects receiving support hail from Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Senegal and Turkey.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Melisa Önel (Aniden), Nelson Makengo (Rising Up At Night), Edwin,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
A total of €395,000 awarded to projects from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €395,000 ($455,000) to 14 projects in its latest funding round.
The recipients hail from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Amanda Nell EU (Tiger Stripes), Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen), Khavn de la Cruz (Love Is A Dog From Hell) and Katy Léna Ndiaye (Une Histoire Du Franc Cfa).
The latest funding round includes...
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (Wcf) has awarded a combined €395,000 ($455,000) to 14 projects in its latest funding round.
The recipients hail from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
Selected directors that previously participated in Berlinale Talents include Amanda Nell EU (Tiger Stripes), Laura Citarella (Trenque Lauquen), Khavn de la Cruz (Love Is A Dog From Hell) and Katy Léna Ndiaye (Une Histoire Du Franc Cfa).
The latest funding round includes...
- 7/22/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
”We vow to trust each other, trust ourselves, and be courageous.”
Canada-based filmmaker Ingrid Veninger has thrown down the challenge to a team of 10 female filmmakers to make an anthology of 10-minute shorts shot from isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Veninger, of Toronto-based pUNK Films, has recruited nine international collaborators to work on Exquisite Cadaver Project and established a set of rules that embraces available technology and speaks to the unprecedented contemporary times.
The 10 guiding principles, which recall the Dogme 95 manifesto by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg that originated in Denmark, prescribe impulsive and current content in any genre...
Canada-based filmmaker Ingrid Veninger has thrown down the challenge to a team of 10 female filmmakers to make an anthology of 10-minute shorts shot from isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Veninger, of Toronto-based pUNK Films, has recruited nine international collaborators to work on Exquisite Cadaver Project and established a set of rules that embraces available technology and speaks to the unprecedented contemporary times.
The 10 guiding principles, which recall the Dogme 95 manifesto by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg that originated in Denmark, prescribe impulsive and current content in any genre...
- 3/31/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €386,400 to 13 films.
Thirteen projects from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Iran, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal and South Africa have received production or distribution support from the latest funding round of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (Wcf).
The Fund is run by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, with further support from the Goethe-Institut, Creative Europe - Media programme and the German Federal Foreign Office.
The 30th session jury was composed of curator Anna Hoffmann (Germany), documentary producer Marta Andreu...
Thirteen projects from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Iran, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal and South Africa have received production or distribution support from the latest funding round of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (Wcf).
The Fund is run by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival, in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, with further support from the Goethe-Institut, Creative Europe - Media programme and the German Federal Foreign Office.
The 30th session jury was composed of curator Anna Hoffmann (Germany), documentary producer Marta Andreu...
- 7/12/2019
- by Tofe Ayeni
- ScreenDaily
Under the new leadership of artistic chief Carlo Chatrian and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek, the Berlin Film Festival is instituting a new competitive section, along with a few other changes to the Berlinale program.
On top of the international competition for the Golden and Silver Bears and the Berlinale Shorts sections, the festival will now boast a competitive roster called Encounters that will showcase “daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers,” as well as “give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection,” the festival said in a release Tuesday.
The Encounters lineup will comprise 15 titles maximum, either fiction or documentary films of at least 60 minutes in length, which will have their world or international premieres at Berlin. A three-member jury will choose winners for best film, best director and a special jury award.
“The 21st century, with its technological and economical shifts, has changed film production in many ways,...
On top of the international competition for the Golden and Silver Bears and the Berlinale Shorts sections, the festival will now boast a competitive roster called Encounters that will showcase “daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers,” as well as “give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection,” the festival said in a release Tuesday.
The Encounters lineup will comprise 15 titles maximum, either fiction or documentary films of at least 60 minutes in length, which will have their world or international premieres at Berlin. A three-member jury will choose winners for best film, best director and a special jury award.
“The 21st century, with its technological and economical shifts, has changed film production in many ways,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The new Berlinale director duo – artistic director Carlo Chatrian and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek – have introduced a new competitive section to sit alongside the Competition and Berlinale Shorts programs.
According to the festival, Encounters will look to “foster aesthetically and structurally daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers. Its goal is to support new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection.”
The lineup will comprise a maximum of 15 works – world or international premieres of fiction or documentary films at least 60 minutes in length. A three-member jury will choose winners for best film, best director and a special jury award.
Also announced today, the festival will be discontinuing sections NATIVe and Culinary Cinema.
“The 21st century with its technological and economical shifts has changed film production in many ways, making boundaries between fiction and documentary, film essay and genre, less stable and more porous.
According to the festival, Encounters will look to “foster aesthetically and structurally daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers. Its goal is to support new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection.”
The lineup will comprise a maximum of 15 works – world or international premieres of fiction or documentary films at least 60 minutes in length. A three-member jury will choose winners for best film, best director and a special jury award.
Also announced today, the festival will be discontinuing sections NATIVe and Culinary Cinema.
“The 21st century with its technological and economical shifts has changed film production in many ways, making boundaries between fiction and documentary, film essay and genre, less stable and more porous.
- 5/7/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The India Pavilion at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, being organized by The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), will be inaugurated on May 15. Kamal Haasan, Chairman, Ficci Media and Entertainment Committee – South, will lead the Indian delegation at Cannes along with Ramesh Sippy, Uday Chopra, Ranvir Shorey and Mallika Sherawat.
Uday Chopra, who is the co-producer of Cannes’ opening film Grace of Monaco, will later join executive producer Jonathan Reiman and screenwriter Arash Amel on a panel discussion about the making of the film.
This will be followed by a panel discussion with the cast and crew of Titli including director Kanu Behl, actor Ranvir Shorey and international representative Guneet Monga.
May 16 will see a panel discussion with industry representatives from key countries focusing on potential co-production arrangement with India. Nina Lath Gupta, Managing Director, Nfdc and Franck Priot, Deputy Director, Film France will be joined by representatives from Canada,...
Uday Chopra, who is the co-producer of Cannes’ opening film Grace of Monaco, will later join executive producer Jonathan Reiman and screenwriter Arash Amel on a panel discussion about the making of the film.
This will be followed by a panel discussion with the cast and crew of Titli including director Kanu Behl, actor Ranvir Shorey and international representative Guneet Monga.
May 16 will see a panel discussion with industry representatives from key countries focusing on potential co-production arrangement with India. Nina Lath Gupta, Managing Director, Nfdc and Franck Priot, Deputy Director, Film France will be joined by representatives from Canada,...
- 5/15/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Dorothee Wenner
What: Almost Fiction: Workshop on New Documentary Filmwork
When: September 27-28, 2013
Organizers: Goethe‐Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Program:
The 2-day Workshop takes places at the Max Mueller Bhavan:
Friday, September 27
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Focus on: Gained in Translation: Insights into Cross-cultural Filmmaking
Saturday, September 28
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Focus on: Documentaries Love Fiction: Transforming Conflict into Creativity
On both days the workshop is followed by a public film screening and discussion starting at 7.00 pm.
Who will conduct the workshop: Dorothee Wenner, a Berlin‐based German film director, curator and author, has been on the selection committee of the International Forum of New Cinema since 1990 and serves as the Berlinale’s Delegate for India and sub‐Saharan Africa. She has directed 15 films till date, mainly documentaries—including DramaConsult, Unser Ausland (Germany Outside In), Peace Mission and Die Polen von Potsdamer Platz‐ which have been shown at festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Busan and Fribourg.
What: Almost Fiction: Workshop on New Documentary Filmwork
When: September 27-28, 2013
Organizers: Goethe‐Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Program:
The 2-day Workshop takes places at the Max Mueller Bhavan:
Friday, September 27
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Focus on: Gained in Translation: Insights into Cross-cultural Filmmaking
Saturday, September 28
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Focus on: Documentaries Love Fiction: Transforming Conflict into Creativity
On both days the workshop is followed by a public film screening and discussion starting at 7.00 pm.
Who will conduct the workshop: Dorothee Wenner, a Berlin‐based German film director, curator and author, has been on the selection committee of the International Forum of New Cinema since 1990 and serves as the Berlinale’s Delegate for India and sub‐Saharan Africa. She has directed 15 films till date, mainly documentaries—including DramaConsult, Unser Ausland (Germany Outside In), Peace Mission and Die Polen von Potsdamer Platz‐ which have been shown at festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Busan and Fribourg.
- 9/24/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Berlin, Feb 13 – ‘King Khan’ left a trail of swooning fans at the red carpet premiere of his ‘My Name is Khan’ here Friday night as he praised the organisers of the Berlin International Film Festival and autograph hunters alike.
‘In the UK or Middle East, their cinema and audiences are quite close to Indian cinema. But thanks to Berlin International Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick and (Festival Delegate and India Programmer) Dorothee Wenner selecting ‘My Name Is Khan’, Germany has genuinely opened a window for us into Western cinema,’ Shah Rukh Khan said at the premiere.
The Bollywood superstar.
‘In the UK or Middle East, their cinema and audiences are quite close to Indian cinema. But thanks to Berlin International Film Festival director Dieter Kosslick and (Festival Delegate and India Programmer) Dorothee Wenner selecting ‘My Name Is Khan’, Germany has genuinely opened a window for us into Western cinema,’ Shah Rukh Khan said at the premiere.
The Bollywood superstar.
- 2/13/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
With films like .Rocket Singh . Salesman of the Year,. Indian cinema is addressing modern urban realities in a way that appeals to all film lovers anywhere in the world, says Ranbir Kapoor, the star of the film, which made its World Premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival.The young star is a sensation among young and old in India, having clinched back-to-back hits this year, through performances that have reflected the aspirations of Indian youth."Rocket Singh is a fresh Indian film, the sort seldom seen in Indian cinema. Youngsters, especially academic underachievers and all who aspire to be achievers, will relate to my character at some level," said Kapoor.Describing Dubai as a second home for most Indians, he said that Indian films are gaining strong appreciation from the region with the Arab world and India sharing cultural similarities.Despite the success of his films . making...
- 12/10/2009
- Filmicafe
The Berlinale Talent Campus celebrated its fifth anniversary Saturday night as established international talents including director Walter Salles, composer Jan Kaczmarek and last year's Golden Bear winner Jasmila Zbanic joined festival director Dieter Kosslick and campus director Dorothee Wenner in welcoming the 350 young filmmakers participating in this year's event.
The Talent Campus kicked off with the Berlin Today Award, which this year went to the short "Wasserschlacht -- The Great Boarder Battle" from directors Kasia Klimkiewicz and Andrew Friedman.
A documentary on the annual waterfight between two neighboring Berlin districts -- one in east Berlin, one in the West -- "Wasserschacht" was chosen by the Berlin Today jury of German directors Sebastian Schipper ("A Friend Of Mine" and Thomas Grube ("Rhythm Is It!") and author Wladimir Kaminer.
The Talent Campus -- this year in the new venue the Hebbel am Ufer Theatre (HAU) -- runs through Thursday and features discussions, lectures and workshops from film makers as varied as "the pope of trash" John Waters, Canadian actress Sarah Polley and Mexican star, and Berlinale jury member, Gael Garcia Bernal.
The Talent Campus kicked off with the Berlin Today Award, which this year went to the short "Wasserschlacht -- The Great Boarder Battle" from directors Kasia Klimkiewicz and Andrew Friedman.
A documentary on the annual waterfight between two neighboring Berlin districts -- one in east Berlin, one in the West -- "Wasserschacht" was chosen by the Berlin Today jury of German directors Sebastian Schipper ("A Friend Of Mine" and Thomas Grube ("Rhythm Is It!") and author Wladimir Kaminer.
The Talent Campus -- this year in the new venue the Hebbel am Ufer Theatre (HAU) -- runs through Thursday and features discussions, lectures and workshops from film makers as varied as "the pope of trash" John Waters, Canadian actress Sarah Polley and Mexican star, and Berlinale jury member, Gael Garcia Bernal.
- 2/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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